In a decision by Judge Brian Kenney of the Eastern district of Virginia, Bankruptcy Court, an ophthalmologist was told she could not eliminate her student loans through bankruptcy. However, the evidence established that the ophthalmologist was living in her car; she failed to show that she was able to find employment in a position other than being an ophthalmologist. They also ruled that she failed […]
The United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that a subcontractor, who brought a Maryland case as a result of performing work on a project located in the State of Maryland, would instead be forced to bring that case in the District of Columbia. This was because the project was performed for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and the […]
In the case of Sieber v. Rose, the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, upheld the Bankruptcy Court’s determination that a Debtor’s failure to list an exempt property barred that Debtor from claiming those exemptions later. This decision the Court reached was that Debtor had acted in bad faith to conceal the assets of the estate and hinder administration by the credits. However, it […]